Drivetrain Ready to Assemble

Today I am getting my drivetrain ready to assemble, I'd take pics but not much to see besides a few parts cleaned off. New oil in the 2.9, new filter, bought a push start ignition

If you look at the pics of the transmissions on pg3, Im choosing the case caked in grease. Its an M5R1 although the actual part number calls it a E97A, its the transmission the guy in Long Beach had in his ranger (you don't see his ranger on any threads because he is afraid of getting type-blasted), but he is upgrading his motor to a 302 and a transmission to match it.

Spent the better part of this afternoon scraping grease off the trans, hope to have a vid of the thing firing up by next weekend!

Mt High Fun

Link to Patrick Anibaldi Photography's blog

Thank you Patrick for writing a beautiful synopsis of our wedding, check it out here!

http://anibaldistudio.blogspot.com/

pantera

Autodesk Revit at LBCC

So I am sitting in class at Long Beach City College to take a Revit course (uncertified). To make this worth-while stay tuned for a Revit build on my website www.johnbarlowdesigns.com

Initial Logo Concepts for Mike Rea : Coded Analytics

Making my own engine hoist

Today I bought a truck boom in lew of a full engine hoist because I figured I could make the stand myself with some leftover heavyduty C Channel steel I had from a previous trailer project. Here is the result ... enjoy.

Photoshop Evolution Trevi Fountain Rome

How a music video SHOULD be produced

Come Together + Metal

Supernaturals Turkish Cymbals OCC Theme Bike at the Anaheim Hilton

Went to the unveiling of this Supernaturals Turkish Cymbal themed Orange County Chopper bike at the Anaheim Hilton. Amy sold the insurance for it last week at State Farm =)

music history 101

So I listen to Mettalica alot on AOL radio and just now looked up the history of the band leading me to Megadeth (symphony of destruction) , and Slayer (cult) , all bands that started around the same point in time and had band members playing for eachother. I guess when Dave Mustaine got kicked out of Mettalica he vowed to make a better band, and Megadeth was born. Dont forget to add Pantera to the mix.

So my gripe is that Orange County does not have one good rock station, my home station Rock 105.3 (San Diego) has not played a single new song since 1997. I feel our generation will be known for less worthy genres of music.

80% Content Loaded to JB Designs

Well it is 5:41 am and I have finished (for now) making PDF albums which are then uploaded to ISSUU and linked to my page for quick and easy viewing. Enjoy the new content! - John

AOL tunes at 3am

Compiling Website Content

I have just spent the better part of the evening compiling all the media content that will be uploading to the JB Designs website. Here is a random sample collection of content to come! - John

The content will cover architectural design, furniture design, company branding and marketing, construction and fabrication, and automotive fabrication. enjoy .

Jan 9th, 2011 -> Putting a Ranger Bumper on a Tundra

Side project today: Putting a Ford Ranger bumper on my Toyota Tundra. I had to make new mounting brackets considering the Tundra rails are 5" wider than the Ranger rails.

I disliked the Tundra with the stock rear bumper so I cut the bedsides and made a tube bumper, and have had that on for about a year. But soon I got tired of that bumper as well, considering I made it in 2 hours, and I prefer to show better work. So I decided to put a much lighter, much smaller doner Ranger bumper on today. enjoy

Below left is my old truck with a bumper that is still my favorite bumper I have made to date.

The narrow bumper looks clean tucked all the way up to the tailgate. I just have to pull out the left side top lip so that it doesn't look like it is sagging.

If you are interested in auto fabrication services, I have a wide variety of project experience: from designing and building utility trailers, to front and rear bumper modifications and fiberglass/bondo repair, to full fabrication of offroad prerunners including pre-fabrication planning and structural design analysis. Automotive Fabrication

Photoshop Fun

The idea of having a blog was so that I could post my daily Photoshop delights/flops ... enjoy

Automotive Fabrication

My current long-term project is an automotive design build for a 1994 Ford Ranger pickup.
I really enjoy metal fabrication, so designing this truck into a prerunner allows me to not only work with metal, but also to practice some of those laws of physics, structure, and loads that we learned in Cal Poly architecture school.

Follow the build by clicking this link:

Jan 9th, 2011

To return to JB Designs, follow this link -> JB Designs or click the logo above

I just opened JB Designs blog page, now one week after JB Designs went online and became available for service! Now the fun starts ! =) John